Employment-Based Immigration: Third Preference EB-3

You may be qualified for this immigrant visa choice classification if you are a knowledgeable employee, professional, or other worker.


- Skilled employees are individuals who can carrying out knowledgeable labor and whose task requires at least 2 years training or experience, not of a short-lived or seasonal nature. Skilled workers should also fulfill any academic, training, or experience requirements of the task opportunity. Relevant post-secondary education might be considered as training.

- Professionals are persons who hold at least a U.S. bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree and are a member of the professions. Their tasks need a minimum of a bachelor's degree. Professionals need to likewise fulfill any instructional, training, or experience requirements of the job opportunity.

- Other employees (likewise called inexperienced workers) are individuals efficient in performing unskilled work whose job needs less than 2 years training or experience, not of a momentary or seasonal nature. Other workers should also fulfill any educational, training, or experience requirements of the task opportunity.


Labor Certification


Third choice petitions are typically accompanied by an a signed Form ETA-9089, Application for Permanent Employment Certification, approved by DOL, or, for labor accreditation applications submitted on or after June 1, 2023, using DOL's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system, an authorized and signed Form ETA-9089, Final Determination - Permanent Employment Certification Approval (Final Certification). To learn more, see the Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Certification webpage.


Petitions for Schedule A professions are not required to have a DOL-approved labor certification. This is due to the fact that DOL has actually already identified there are not enough U.S. workers for those professions.